1999

UNP established as a federally funded program dedicated exclusively to university participation in spacecraft development.

2004

3-CornerSat (Arizona State, New Mexico State, and CU Boulder) launched on the Delta IV Heavy demo.

2010

FASTRAC (UT Austin) launched on the STP-S26 Minotaur IV.

2013

CUSat (Cornell University) and DANDE (CU Boulder) launched on the Falcon-9 Demo. Ho`oponopono (University of Hawaii) and COPPER (St. Louis University) launched on the ORS-3 Minotaur.

2015

Argus (St. Louis University) launched on the ORS-4 Super Strypi.

2018

CHOMPTT (University of Florida) launched on the ELaNa-19 Electron.

2019

Oculus-ASR (Michigan Tech), Prox-1 (Georgia Tech), and ARMADILLO (UT Austin) launched on the STP-2 Falcon Heavy.

2020

ANDESITE (Boston University) launched on the ELaNa-32 Electron.

2021

PolarCube (University of Colorado at Boulder) launched on the Demo-2 LauncherOne.

2022

Created Technical Insertion – 1 program collaborating between Arachne and Georgia Tech for a power beaming demonstration.

2023

Created Mission Concept program with NASA to enable entry-level university aerospace programs to mature through a mission design/concepting summer program.

2025+

AggieSat6 (Texas A&M University) is expected to launch on STP-S29A.

Auris (Michigan Technological University), CCP (University of Alaska Fairbanks), EXACT (University of Minnesota), MOCI (University of Georgia) and MAXWELL (University of Colorado at Boulder) are not yet manifested.

NS-12 Phase A Participants Include:

  • University of Hawaii
  • University of Washington
  • California Polytechnic State University - Pomona
  • Northeastern University
  • Kent State University
  • Missouri University of Science & Technology
  • Saint Louis University
  • Embry Riddle Aeronautical University
  • Rutgers University
  • Purdue University
  • University of Illinois